An inspirational guide to over 120 ideas for painting, drawing, printing and creating collage - perfect for your budding artists. Different art techniques are clearly explained through project-based chapters including watercolour washes, paint splattering effects, simple print-making, sponge painting, oil pastel techniques, continuous line drawings and mixed media collage. It also includes suggestions for lots of exciting ways to use a variety of different art materials. It is spiral-bound to allow easy use and transportation, and means no card will ever get lost!
The great-value spiralbound edition of this popular title in Usborne's Art Ideas series, is packed with ideas for painting, drawing, printing and making collages. Young artists will develop their skills by following the simple step-by-step instructions to complete the inspiring projects.
Fiona Watt is an Editorial Director and writer at Usborne Publishing. She graduated from Exeter University with a Batchelor of Education in Art and Design. She taught for three years at a primary school in Kent, before spending two years at a British school in The Netherlands. She started working at Usborne in 1989 and has written and edited hundreds of books including baby and novelty, sticker, art and craft, cookery, science and activity books. She has written all the titles in the award-winning 'That's not my….' series and many in the highly successful Sticker Dolly Dressing series. She is the fourth biggest-selling UK children's author, with over 10 million of her books sold in the UK since records began.
